Better certainly than any heroin addict I’ve ever met. Which I wish I could say was a negligible number. Their supremely disappointing antics aside, “communicable degeneracy” strikes me as a disgusting cause for eviction given the ways it could be interpreted. Even its phrasing offends me.

I’ve met plenty of heroin addicts. I’d say there’s the same proportion of idiots among junkies as there is among the rest of the population. I met some very bright people in Sunset Park, Wilzburg, and Bed-Stuy.